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1 O LORD, thou hast searched me, and known me. | |
2 Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off. | |
3 Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways. | |
4 For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O LORD, thou knowest it altogether. | |
5 Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me. | |
6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain unto it. | |
7 Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence? | |
8 If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there. | |
9 If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea; | |
10 Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me. | |
11 If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me. | |
12 Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and the light are both alike to thee. | |
13 For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother's womb. | |
14 I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well. | |
15 My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth. | |
16 Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and in thy book all my members were written, which in continuance were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them. | |
17 How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them! | |
18 If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with thee. | |
19 Surely thou wilt slay the wicked, O God: depart from me therefore, ye bloody men. | |
20 For they speak against thee wickedly, and thine enemies take thy name in vain. | |
21 Do not I hate them, O LORD, that hate thee? and am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee? | |
22 I hate them with perfect hatred: I count them mine enemies. | |
23 Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts: | |
24 And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting. | |
